Midyat is one of a must visited historical places in Mardin beside Old Mardin. Overall this city is cited as paths of the early civilizations named Mesopotamia or far before it—if we talked about Christianity and Jews history as well for its strategic location with rocky hill and plain near the Tigris River.

I was fortunate to meet with Bernando
J.Sujibto in 2011 when he came to Australia for the Indonesian Muslim Exchange
Program run through Melbourne University. At that time I was supervisor for the
Melbourne program.

Bernando was always ready to be involved in
any discussions involving peace issues and the ways in which it could be possible
to ensure that greater attention was focused on the issue of peace for the
whole world. He has an open, highly enthusiastic and passionate approach to
ideas for the development of peace in our world. He has a maturity beyond his
years in the way he is not only happy to discuss his ideas for Peace building
but also to listen attentively and respectfully to the ideas of others. This
was highlighted during his time in Australia when he met with a number of interfaith
groups and his passionate involvement with Peace development came through in
the discussions which took place.

Even though I knew Bernando for a short
time only, we have continued to maintain a correspondence and I am aware of his
ongoing activities in the development of peace building activities within his
own community. I am confident in saying that he is an outstanding young man
who, I have no doubt, will have a major impact on the future of our world in
his role as an advocate for peace and mutual understanding. He is intelligent,
tireless and highly motivated and I couldn’t be happier to recommend him for
the Program for Human Resource Development in Asia for Peace Building. This is
a young man who will utilise whatever skills he is able to obtain from a
program and put it to solid practical effect in the daily life of his community
and the wider world.